Costumed thief grabs backpack

News-Times, The (Danbury, CT)

Published 8:00 pm, Wednesday, October 31, 2007

The victim told police that he was near the Stop & Shop supermarket about 3:40 p.m. when two white males in a white, Chevy Suburban-type vehicle asked him for a cigarette, then grabbed the pack and sped off.

The suspect, described as being about 6 feet, 3 inches tall and muscular, was wearing a black robe and a black and white skeleton mask. The driver was wearing a flat brim hat and had long sideburns, police said.